Key: G
Am
G6
Em
Am
Silenced by death in the grave, ah ah ah ah
Am
G6
Em
Am
B
Yeats
Am
G6
Why did you stand here
G6
Em
Were you sickened in time
Em
Am
But I know by now
Am
G6
Em
Why did you sit here, ah ah ah
Em
Am
G6
In the grave
G6
Em
In the grave, grave, grave
Am
G6
In the grave
Em
In the grave, grave, grave
Am
Why should I blame her
G6
That she filled my days
Em
With misery or that she would of late
Am
G6
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways
Em
Am
Or hurled the little streets upon the great
G6
Had they but courage
Em
Equal to desire
Am
G6
Em
Am
Sad that Maud Gonne couldn't stay, ah ah ah ah
Am
G6
Em
Am
But she had MacBride anyway, ah ah ah ah
Am
And you sit here with me
G6
On the Isle Innisfree
Em
And your writing down anything
Am
But I know by now
G6
Em
Why did you sit here, ah ah ah
Em
Am
G6
In the grave
G6
Em
In the grave, grave, grave
Am
G6
In the grave
Em
In the grave, grave, grave
Am
G6
Why should I blame her
Em
Am
Had they but courage equal to desire